Week 3 Finals shorts: Justin Schmitt continues to get better with age

Sep 25, 2017 | News, Umpire Shorts

“Grange Hermitage” comes to mind when we talk about Justin Schmitt who umpired his 350th AFL game on Friday night, he just keeps getting better with age!  Justin becomes the 13th umpire in the history of the game to achieve that feat.  The affable Schmitt...

Rookies and former members salute in state grand finals

Sep 21, 2017 | News

Three senior AFL competitions across Australia are into their grand final weekends.  We are filled with great pride watching the future stars of tomorrow be selected for the biggest games of their careers.  It was this time last year we were congratulating...

George ‘Sadist’ Mather

Sep 20, 2017 | News

George Mather’s involvement with umpiring has spanned 62 years – as a boundary umpire with the VFL Reserve Grade, Umpires’ Trainer and Fitness Coach for the VFL Goal Umpires’ squad. George Mather, born to Victor & Muriel Mather at Sunshine on the 30th December...

Finals Week 2 shorts: Now the footy gets tough

Sep 19, 2017 | News, Umpire Shorts

When the football is one sided and umpiring goes unnoticed it would be tough to make changes going into the penultimate round of finals of 2017.  So spare a thought for Brendan Hosking and Ray Chamberlain who might be in the unenviable position of having to sit...

Milestones achieved and records broken this weekend

Sep 19, 2017 | Milestones, News

Justin Schmitt becomes the 13th umpire in the history of the game to umpire 350 games this weekend when he takes the field in the Adelaide v Geelong Preliminary Final. Justin just keeps getting better with age. During the middle phase of his career that commenced in...